Extended

Extended is a perpetuals DEX built by a team with Revolut fintech backgrounds, running a hybrid CLOB: matching, risk management, and sequencing happen off-chain for sub-10ms performance, while validation and settlement happen on-chain via Starknet, inheriting Ethereum’s security through Starknet’s zk-rollup proofs. It migrated from StarkEx to Starknet in August 2025 and is built with an EVM-friendly design — deposit and withdraw from an EVM chain without a separate Starknet setup.

What you’d actually use Extended for

Extended is used for leveraged perpetuals trading across both crypto majors and TradFi-style instruments (EUR, S&P 500, gold, Brent crude) trading 24/7, with up to 100x leverage. The off-chain matching layer is built specifically to avoid MEV and frontrunning drag that fully on-chain order books can be more exposed to.

Extended’s fee structure

Reported fees run around 0.025% taker / 0% maker, with daily maker rebates up to roughly 2 basis points based on 30-day maker-share thresholds. No deposit or withdrawal fees on Extended’s own side, though bridging from an EVM chain may carry its own separate bridge fee — factor that in when comparing all-in cost to a platform native to the chain you’re funding from.

Fintech-grade execution and EVM convenience versus StarkEx migration history

• Pro: a founding team with real fintech trading-infrastructure background (ex-Revolut), relevant credibility for execution quality and risk-engine design specifically.
• Pro: genuinely broad market set spanning crypto and TradFi instruments, with EVM-friendly deposits removing a real access barrier to a Starknet-based platform.
• Con: the StarkEx-to-Starknet migration (August 2025) is a relatively recent architecture change — migrations carry their own transition risk distinct from a platform that’s run on stable infrastructure throughout its history.
• Con: off-chain matching and sequencing, even with on-chain settlement, means trusting Extended’s own infrastructure during that window, the same category of tradeoff as edgeX or Pacifica’s hybrid designs.

Extended’s track record

Extended has built a genuine reputation specifically around its hybrid CLOB performance and its Starknet migration, positioning itself as a “hyper-performant perp DEX.” It’s a comparatively newer platform relative to multi-year-established venues, and the recent infrastructure migration means less time running on its current Starknet-based architecture specifically than its overall project history might suggest.

Farming Extended ahead of its token

Extended’s Season 1 Points Program has run since April 2025, distributing points weekly for trading volume, Community Vault deposits, and referrals (affiliate rewards unlock after $10,000 of personal volume) — and as of our research, no X10 token has launched, though Extended has publicly framed the points program as the qualification mechanism for a future distribution. Extended’s own terms state points create no entitlement to any specific allocation and can be adjusted at any time — worth reading literally, not just as boilerplate. See our pre-TGE farming roundup for how this compares to other open windows, and our airdrop farming guide for the general risk picture before committing meaningful trading volume purely to farm.

Risks specific to a hybrid CLOB with a recent chain migration

Beyond standard perps leverage risk, Extended’s off-chain matching/sequencing layer is a distinct trust surface from a fully on-chain order book, and the relatively recent StarkEx-to-Starknet migration means the current architecture has a shorter independent track record than the project’s overall history suggests. Evaluate the current Starknet-based deployment specifically, not just Extended’s brand recognition from its earlier StarkEx period.

How this Extended review was researched

This review is based on Extended’s public documentation, its migration announcement, and independent coverage of its architecture and fee structure. We haven’t run an original audit of Extended’s contracts on either its former StarkEx or current Starknet deployment — verify current fees, audit status, and market availability directly on the platform before trading.